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Crime scene technician testifies in Camm trial

Testimony continues during day two of David Camm's high-profile third murder trial with more evidence from the crime scene.

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Updated: 7:30 PM EDT Aug 23, 2013

Crime scene technician testifies in Camm trial

Testimony continues during day two of David Camm's high-profile third murder trial with more evidence from the crime scene.

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Updated: 7:30 PM EDT Aug 23, 2013

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WEBVTT A RETIRED CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATOR ADMITS... ON THE STAND... HE THOUGHT DAVID CAMM WAS GUILTY BEFORE ANY EVIDENCE WAS COLLECTED. CAMM IS STANDING TRIAL FOR A THIRD TIME... FOR THE SHOOTING DEATHS OF HIS WIFE KIM... AND THEIR CHILDREN BRAD AND JILL... IN THE GARAGE OF THEIR GEORGETOWN, INDIANA HOME. THE CASE IS BEING TRIED IN LEBANON, INDIANA. W-L-K-Y'S MARISSA ALTER IS LIVE OUTSIDE THE BOONE COUNTY COURTHOUSE WITH WHAT JURORS HEARD IN COURT TODAY... MARISSA? RICK, JAMES NIEMEYER SAID RIGHT AFTER ARRIVING AT THE HOME THAT NIGHT HE THOUGHT "THIS IS A DAVID CAMM CRIME SCENE." HE THEORIZED KIM CAMM HAD DRIVEN INTO THE GARAGE SOMEONE SHE KNEW, HER HUSBAND. IF IT HAD BEEN AN INTRUDER OR STRANGER, SHE WOULD'VE REVERSED THE VEHICLE AND LEFT. THAT WAS FORMER INDIANA STATE TROOPER DAVID CAMM ABOUT A YEAR AGO IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH WLKY. NOW ON DAY TWO OF HIS THIRD MURDER TRIAL, HIS LEGAL TEAM ALLEGED THAT BAD DREAM IS PARTLY DUE TO A SLOPPY POLICE INVESTIGATION AND TUNNEL VISION. TESTIMONY BEGAN WITH DEFENSE ATTORNEY STACY ULIANA GRILLING RETIRED CRIME SCENE TECHNICIAN JAMES NIEMEYER. HE WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO PROCESSED THE EVIDENCE NEARLY 13 YEARS AGO. ULIANA POINTED TO MISTAKES MADE DURING THE INVESTIGATION INCLUDING LOST PHOTO IDENTIFIERS, INCONSISTENCIES IN CRIME SCENE PICTURES, AND A DECISION NOT TO FINGERPRINT INSIDE THE HOUSE. NIEMEYER ALSO ADMITTED ON THE STAND POLICE LOST TRACK OF A SWEATSHIRT AT THE SCENE LATER FOUND IN BRAD CAMM'S BODY BAG AT THE AUTOPSY. IT ENDED UP BEING LINKED TO CHARLES BONEY, A VIOLENT OFFENDER CONVICTED IN 2006 OF THE FAMILY'S MURDERS. THE DEFENSE SAYS HE'S THE SOLE KILLER, BUT THE STATE CONTENDS HE AND CAMM CONSPIRED TOGETHER. DURING THE AFTERNOON, THE PROSECUTION CALLED BRANDON BEAVIN TO TESTIFY. HE WAS THE CAMMS NEIGHBOR IN SEPTEMBER 2000 AND RECALLED SEEING A BLACK CADILLAC WITH KENTUCKY PLATES SPEEDING TOWARDS THE HOME SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE THE MURDERS HAPPENED. IT PEELED OUT EVEN FASTER. BEAVEN LATER IDENTIFIED A PICTURE OF BONEY'S CAR AS SIMILAR. LEVCO SAYS HE EXPECTS TO GET TO THE BLOOD EVIDENCE IN THIS CASE SOMETIME NEXT WEEK. DAVID CAMM'S SHIRT CONTAINED TINY DROPS OF HIS DAUGHTER'S BLOOD. THE PROSECUTION SAYS IT'S HI SPATTER CAUSED FROM A GUNSHOT. THE DEFENSE, MEANWHILE, BELIEVES IT'S TRANSFER. CAMM'S TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO LAST 6 TO 10 WEEKS. REPORTING LIVE IN BOONE COUNTY, MARISSA ALTER WLKY NEWS. THANKS MARISSA. THE FIRST TRIAL WAS HELD IN FLOYD COUNTY IN 2002. DAVID CAMM WAS FOUND GUILTY. BUT THE CONVICTION WAS OVERTURNED ON APPEAL... BECAUSE THE JUDGE ALLOWED PROSECUTORS TO PRESENT TESTIMONY ABOUT EXTRA-MARITAL AFFAIRS. THE RE-TRIAL WAS MOVED TO WARRICK COUNTY IN 2006. THAT CONVICTION WAS ALSO THROWN OUT... THIS TIME BECAUSE PROSECUTORS RAISED ALLEGATIONS THAT CAMM